The regnal years of English and British monarchs are the official ruling years of the monarchs of the Kingdom of England from 1066 to May 1707, the Kingdom of Great Britain from May 1707 to January 1801, and the United Kingdom since January 1801.
Monarch | No. of years | First regnal year | Regnal year start date | Regnal year end date | End of final year |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
William I | 21 | 1066 | 14 October | 13 October | 9 September 1087 |
William II | 13 | 1087 | 26 September | 25 September | 2 August 1100 |
Henry I | 36 | 1100 | 5 August | 4 August | 1 December 1135 |
Stephen | 19 | 1135 | 26 December | 25 December | 25 October 1154 |
Henry II | 35 | 1154 | 19 December | 18 December | 6 July 1189 |
Richard I | 10 | 1189 | 3 September | 2 September | 6 April 1199 |
John | 18 | 1199 | May (Ascension Day)[a] | May (varied) | 19 October 1216 |
Henry III | 57 | 1216 | 28 October | 27 October | 16 November 1272 |
Edward I | 35 | 1272 | 20 November | 20 November[b] | 7 July 1307 |
Edward II | 20 | 1307 | 8 July | 7 July | 20 January 1327 |
Edward III | 51 (England), 38 (France)[c] |
1327 | 25 January | 24 January | 21 June 1377 |
Richard II | 23 | 1377 | 22 June[d] | 21 June | 29 September 1399 |
Henry IV | 14 | 1399 | 30 September | 29 September | 20 March 1413 |
Henry V | 10 | 1413 | 21 March | 20 March | 31 August 1422 |
Henry VI | 39 + 1[e] | 1422 | 1 September | 31 August | 4 March 1461 |
Edward IV | 23 | 1461 | 4 March | 3 March | 9 April 1483 |
Edward V | 1 | 1483 | 9 April | 25 June | 25 June 1483 |
Richard III | 3 | 1483 | 26 June | 25 June | 22 August 1485 |
Henry VII | 24 | 1485 | 22 August | 21 August | 21 April 1509 |
Henry VIII | 38 | 1509 | 22 April | 21 April | 28 January 1547 |
Edward VI | 7 | 1547 | 28 January | 27 January | 6 July 1553 |
Mary I | 2 | 1553 | 6 July[f] | 5 July | 24 July 1554[g] |
"Philip and Mary" | 5 & 6[g] | 1554 | 25 July | 24 July | 17 November 1558 |
Elizabeth I | 45 | 1558 | 17 November | 16 November | 24 March 1603 |
James I | 23 | 1603 | 24 March | 23 March | 27 March 1625[1] |
Charles I | 24 | 1625 | 27 March | 26 March | 30 January 1649 |
Charles II | 37[h] | 1649 | 30 January | 29 January | 6 February 1685 |
James II | 4 | 1685 | 6 February | 5 February | 11 December 1688[i] |
"William and Mary" | 6 | 1689 | 13 February[j] | 12 February | 27 December 1694 |
William III | 8 (7 to 14)[k] |
1694 | 28 December[k] | 27 December | 8 March 1702 |
Anne | 13 | 1702 | 8 March | 7 March | 1 August 1714 |
George I | 13 | 1714 | 1 August | 31 July | 11 June 1727 |
George II | 34 | 1727 | 11 June | 10 June | 25 October 1760 |
George III | 60[l] | 1760 | 25 October | 24 October | 29 January 1820 |
George IV | 11[m] | 1820 | 29 January | 28 January | 26 June 1830 |
William IV | 7 | 1830 | 26 June | 25 June | 20 June 1837 |
Victoria | 64 | 1837 | 20 June | 19 June | 22 January 1901 |
Edward VII | 10 | 1901 | 22 January | 21 January | 6 May 1910 |
George V | 26 | 1910 | 6 May | 5 May | 20 January 1936 |
Edward VIII | 1 | 1936 | 20 January | 11 December | 11 December 1936 |
George VI | 16 | 1936 | 11 December | 10 December | 5 February 1952[2] |
Elizabeth II | 71 | 1952 | 6 February | 5 February | 8 September 2022 |
Charles III | Ongoing | 2022 | 8 September | 7 September |
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